A handful of political sayings that continue to reverberate in American politics are indelibly linked to President George H.W. Bush, whose public life included serving as the CIA director, as vice president during the administration of President Ronald Reagan, and his single term in the White House as the 41st president.맥스카지노淰oodoo맥스카지노� economicsWhile they were rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, Bush famously panned Reagan맥스카지노檚 economic plan, calling it 맥스카지노渧oodoo맥스카지노� economics.Bush, who had an undergraduate degree in economics from Yale University, coined the phrase to describe Reagan맥스카지노檚 plan to drive economic growth by cutting taxes. 맥스카지노淚t just isn맥스카지노檛 going to work,맥스카지노� he said, 맥스카지노渨hat I call a voodoo economic policy.맥스카지노滱fter joining the Reagan administration as vice president, Bush at one time denied using the term, which was a source of embarrassment. But it caught among Reagan맥스카지노檚 critics.맥스카지노淭he wimp factor맥스카지노滱s he campaigned in 1987 to succeed Reagan as president, Bush was battling against a so-called 맥스카지노渨imp factor,맥스카지노� according to a Newsweek cover story published in October of that year.The article raised questions about whether Bush could overcome public perceptions that he wasn맥스카지노檛 strong or tough enough to take on the nation맥스카지노檚 challenges during the Cold War.Vice President Bush, the article pointed out, stood taller than Reagan at 6 foot 2 inches. But members of the public were often surprised to find when meeting Bush in person that he wasn맥스카지노檛 a 맥스카지노渓ittle short guy,맥스카지노� it said.Bush went on to win the 1988 election, but lost a second term. On Saturday, a Newsweek editor behind the cover story 맥스카지노淔ighting the 맥스카지노榳imp factor맥스카지노�,맥스카지노� said he was wrong to have thought that Bush lacked the 맥스카지노渢he inner fortitude to lead the free world.맥스카지노�맥스카지노淩ead my lips: No new taxes.맥스카지노滲ush spoke this iconic line as he accepted the Republican nomination for president in 1988 맥스카지노� one that would come to haunt his presidency.맥스카지노淭he Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them, 맥스카지노楻ead my lips: no new taxes맥스카지노�,맥스카지노� he told a cheering crowd.In 1990, Bush struck a budget deal with Congressional Democrats that called for raising taxes to help cut the national deficit. The reversal became a major line of attack in Bush맥스카지노檚 bid for a second term and he ultimately lost to Democrat Bill Clinton.맥스카지노淚t did destroy me,맥스카지노� Bush later told biographer Jon Meacham. 맥스카지노淚t was a mistake (to make the pledge), but I meant it at the time, and I meant it all through my presidency. But when you맥스카지노檙e faced with the reality, the practical reality of shutting down government or dealing with a hostile Congress, you get something done.맥스카지노�맥스카지노淎 kinder, gentler nation맥스카지노滲ush laid out his vision for a kinder, more gentle nation during his bid for president in 1988 and when he was eventually sworn in as the country맥스카지노檚 41st president. The words stand in stark contrast to the incivility and name-calling that has come to define today맥스카지노檚 politics.But, at the Republican convention in 1988, Bush described his meaning as 맥스카지노渢eaching troubled children through your presence that there's such a thing as reliable love.맥스카지노�맥스카지노淪ome would say it's soft and insufficiently tough to care about these things,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노淏ut where is it written that we must act as if we do not care, as if we are not moved? Well, I am moved. I want a kinder, gentler nation.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�1,000 points of light맥스카지노滲ush coined the phrase in 1988 at the GOP national convention, when he described America as a nation of community volunteer organizations 맥스카지노� 맥스카지노渁 brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.맥스카지노漈he focus on volunteerism continued through Bush맥스카지노檚 first term with a practice of honoring someone as a Point of Light for community service. He also launched a nonprofit organization bearing the same name.The phrase caught on with the public, sparking a country song and plenty of political satire, including cartoons of devastated neighborhoods cast as "a thousand points of blight,맥스카지노� according to the New York Times.